A disbarred Edmonton lawyer is appealing a civil contempt of court conviction that was levelled against him last month in Court of Queen's Bench. Associate Chief Justice John Rooke found Shawn Beaver "deliberately" violated a court order forbidding him to practice law. Beaver was disbarred in February 2017 after the Law Society of Alberta discovered he was using a young female lawyer as a front to secretly continue working in the legal profession. The law society described it as "a prolonged, deliberate scheme to clandestinely practise law," that he did for personal gain. The judge agreed and after finding Beaver guilty, Rooke gave the law society time to file a brief on proposed punishments and additional time for Beaver to respond.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2020 13:52 UTC